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Dresden Story
Dresden Story
1954, director: Julian Biggs
Film (30:00)
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This film goes to Dresden, Ontario, to sample local attitudes towards the racial discrimination against black people that brought this town into the news. After a round-up of the opinions of individual citizens, white and black, commentator Gordon Burwash joins two discussion panels, presenting opposite points of view. The rights and wrongs of the quarrel are left for the audience to decide.
This film goes to Dresden, Ontario, to sample local attitudes towards the racial discrimination against black people that brought this town into the news. After a round-up of the opinions of individual citizens, white and black, commentator Gordon Burwash joins two discussion panels, presenting opposite points of view. The rights and wrongs of the quarrel are left for the audience to decide.